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DIY as a subculture could be said to have begun with the punk movement of the 1970s.

Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording, manufacturing albums and merchandise, booking their own tours, and creating opportunities for smaller bands to get wider recognition and gain cult status through repetitive low-cost DIY touring.

The burgeoning zine movement took up coverage of and promotion of the underground punk scenes, and significantly altered the way fans interacted with musicians.

Zines quickly branched off from being hand-made music magazines to become more personal ; they quickly became one of the youth culture's gateways to DIY culture.

This led to tutorial zines showing others how to make their own shirts, posters, zines, books, food, etc.